Five years ago, a group of volunteer artists began painting a mural at the LBI under the direction of master artist Makemba Kunle. Now we are going to continue that work. All are welcome, and no experience is necessary. To attend, please email thelloydbestinstitute@gmail.com and let us know your name in advance.

A year ago, the LBI began working with archivists at Trinity College, CT to digitise its collection of newspapers, photos, pamphlets, letters, speeches and other historical documents related to Lloyd Best and his work. Now that the Trinidad and Tobago Review newspaper has been digitised up to the year 2000, the digital archive — though a work in progress — will be opened up to the public at its site at JSTOR.org.

LBI and Trinity archivists Christina Bleyer, Amanda Matava and Sariyah Mohammed will talk about the project, its execution, and the decolonial values underlying our approach. Then our featured speaker Avril Belfon, Government Archivist at the National Archives of Trinidad and Tobago, will give a talk on the state of archives and archiving in T&T.

The event is free to attend and all are welcome!